Transmigration: Flirted with My Childhood Sweetheart
Chapter 166 - 165: Whack a Mole with a Shovel

Chapter 166: Chapter 165: Whack a Mole with a Shovel

Accompanied by the crowing of roosters, the village nestled in Qingshan awoke.

The sounds of doors opening, fires crackling, and the clinking of pots and pans wove a symphony tinged with the thick scent of home life.

Lin Nianhe, refreshed from sleep, stepped outside, stretching lazily in the morning air scented with fresh grass.

She brushed her teeth at the doorstep, hands on her hips, surveying the backyard where construction was nearly halfway done.

Probably concerned about the lack of a wall in the backyard posing a danger, Li Dahe had people build it first, taller than the previous one, with broken glass embedded on top... still, it was unclear who exactly it was meant to keep out.

Seeing the house was now two-thirds completed, Lin Nianhe calculated that in about ten more days, Tailor Wen could start his work.

She had come back late last night, too exhausted from the road, bathed and went straight to sleep without having the chance to inquire about the sewing machine.

Lin Nianhe spat out the toothpaste foam, rinsed her mouth, and planned to look for Wang Shumei.

She was about to turn around when, out of the corner of her eye, she suddenly saw an extra pair of hands on the wall.

They must have been carefully observed; three fingers clung to the top of the wall, the little finger curled up, carefully avoiding the broken glass.

Lin Nianhe: "...?"

With her standing there, who would still try to climb the wall?

Silently setting down her toothbrush cup, Lin Nianhe picked up an iron shovel left by the local builders and quietly walked under those hands.

Judging the distance, Lin Nianhe gripped the shovel handle with both hands—

...

Wu Genmao couldn’t figure out why he just wanted to ask for some food, but ended up being chased and beaten by three men for most of the night.

Cao Shijian also couldn’t understand why he had been running all day; he even suspected this was a new tactic by the boss to kill someone.

They didn’t realize that if they hadn’t gone to the village school, tonight’s ordeal wouldn’t have happened...

Today, they had nothing but cold water and a bowl of cornmeal mush; eventually, the noises from their hungry stomachs were louder than their panting.

Wu Genmao gritted his teeth, pulling Cao Shijian behind him as they entered the mountains behind the village.

The mountains at night were dangerous, but the people chasing them were barely less ferocious than tigers or wolves!

Luckily, once they entered the mountains, Zhao Zhuangshi and his two companions stopped the chase.

They were still entitled to their reward of two white flour buns per day and certainly didn’t want to risk their lives.

Wu Genmao and Cao Shijian, thanks to six buns, had their lives spared.

They didn’t dare leave the mountain, finding a spot sheltered from the wind to huddle down and wait for daylight.

They had planned to take turns keeping watch – after all, this was the mountains, wild animals were a threat, not to mention Siberian tigers, even a snake could be deadly.

But they were just too tired; before they could even assign watch duties, both were already snoring.

Perhaps their run of bad luck was exhausted, and fortune took the high ground, as they were only bitten by a few mosquitoes that night, successfully surviving.

As dawn broke and the roosters crowed, they too woke up hungry.

Cao Shijian clutching his stomach weakly said: "Maomao, if we don’t get some food, I’m going to die."

Wu Genmao wasn’t faring much better; he licked his chapped lips and jerked his chin forward, "Let’s go down the mountain, find a house and get something to eat."

Hearing this, Cao Shijian’s legs trembled.

Get food from a house again?

Hadn’t they just been chased up the mountain yesterday for this very reason?

Wu Genmao analyzed calmly: "That was a new yard, maybe it had been burglarized before... This time let’s find an old house. Besides, it’s daylight now; there’s nothing to fear."

Cao Shijian was a bit frightened, but starving, he steeled his resolve and, clenching his teeth, followed him down the mountain.

They were fortunate today, coincidentally running into Second Uncle Li and Li Xiaoshan who were going up the mountain to chop wood.

Seeing their disastrous plight, Second Uncle Li shared the two steamed buns he had with them, and Li Xiaoshan even picked some wild fruits for them to eat.

Wu Genmao pulled Cao Shijian to bow deeply to the two life-savers... then they got directions to the Educated Youth Corps.

"Second uncle, what are they going to do at the Educated Youth Corps?" Li Xiaoshan was a bit worried, "What if they’re not good people?"

Second Uncle Li, continuing to walk uphill, replied without turning: "If they are not good people, isn’t it best that they go to the Educated Youth Corps? Those girls specialize in fixing bad guys."

Li Xiaoshan thought about it and instantly put his worries behind.

Wu Genmao and Cao Shijian were not blessed with a generous supply of luck and hadn’t heard their words. They still managed to find the Educated Youth Corps pretty smoothly.

"Why are you stopping here? The gate is up ahead." Cao Shijian nodded towards the stationed Wu Genmao.

Wu Genmao rolled his eyes and lowered his voice, "Keep your mouth shut if you’ve got no brains—the boss sent us to tail them. Do you want sister-in-law to miss spotting us by going through the front gate?"

Saying this, he gestured towards the wall with his mouth: "Climb over the wall."

Cao Shijian looked at the broken glass atop the wall and shook his head, "How can we climb this? Won’t our hands get shredded?"

"Be gentle, just climb onto me." Wu Genmao said, squatting down with his hand against the wall.

Cao Shijian felt this approach wasn’t tiring and cheerfully clambered up.

Wu Genmao gritted his teeth, bracing against the wall as he got to his feet.

"Put some effort into it..." he gritted his teeth and hissed through clenched teeth.

"Oh, okay."

Cao Shijian hurriedly reached up and grabbed the top of the wall.

The broken glass densely covered the wall; he could only cling with six fingers, unsure of how much force he could muster.

The two stacked up, barely managing to push Cao Shijian over the wall.

As soon as Cao Shijian saw an unfinished building, something dark came flying towards his face...

Then his vision completely darkened, his last sensation being a painfully sour nose with a warm liquid trickling down.

Lin Nianhe slapped a shovel on the little ground mole and turned towards the front yard shouting, "Sister Lan! There’s someone outside the wall!"

"Got it!"

Wen Lan didn’t even ask where, she dashed out of the gate in a whoosh.

Mu Tou and his six brothers paused for a moment, then also hurriedly followed.

Lin Nianhe casually placed the shovel at the foot of the wall, excitedly running outside.

She hadn’t expected such an event on her first day back.

So, it seems that the entire Ten Miles Team relies on her protection, without her the Educated Youth Corps would simply fall apart!

She jogged out of the yard, followed by the girls who came out to watch the excitement.

"Hey, hey, hold on, hold on! We’re here to find someone, to find someone!" Wu Genmao, pinned to the ground by Wang Dong and Sun Guanghui, struggled and shouted.

Wen Lan was pushed aside, they wouldn’t let her reach out, so she could only give vocal support, "What? Your family sends people to climb over walls? Tell me! Are you hooligans?"

Wu Genmao was nearly in tears, "Your family plays hooligan during broad daylight?"

Wen Lan: "..." Eh? Makes sense.

Wang Dong glanced at her, curled his lips, and pressed Wu Genmao almost into the soil, "Then why are you climbing the wall? Are you trying to steal?"

"Steal what? Your family would steal early in the morning?"

"Well..."

As the argument continued, Lin Nianhe arrived.

Upon seeing Lin Nianhe, Wu Genmao suddenly had tears welling up, "B-b-big sister..."

Everyone was shocked, staring incredulously at Lin Nianhe.

She was gone for three days, and she came back married?

"...sister-in-law!" Wu Genmao weakly added the last two words.

Everyone: "..."

Wang Shumei, standing next to Lin Nianhe, was confused by the address, "Sister-in-law? What kind of title is that?"

Lin Nianhe’s mouth quivered slightly, she looked at the familiar young man with gray hair and beside him, the short figure with a nosebleed, confusion filled her mind.

No doubt, these two were sent by Bai Bo to tail her.

But she could tell one of them was genuinely foolish and the other moderately so, how could Bai Bo dare to have them keep an eye on her?

Did he also consider herself a fool?

Great, she now had another reason she must eliminate Bai Bo.